Sandra Bolden Cunningham

Sandra Bolden Cunningham (4 September 1950-) was a member of the New Jersey Senate from the 31st Legislative District (D) from 8 November 2007.

Biography
Sandra Bolden Cunningham was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1950, and she was an actress with the Negro Ensemble Company before becoming executive of the Hudson County Bar Association in 1988 and working various county jobs in Essex County. In 1998, she married Jersey City councilman Glenn Cunningham, and her husband died while serving as Mayor in 2004. In 2007, she was elected to the State Senate, having been supported by her former rival, Jersey City mayor Jerramiah Healy.